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OKIsItJustMe

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2. We have carefully avoided doing anything substantial about the problem for half a century

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 03:28 PM

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I was pleased to see that US emissions are decreasing (although not quickly enough.)

IEA (2025), Global Energy Review 2025 (Page 34) IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025,
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Regardless, 1.5°C is dead.

Hansen, J. E., Kharecha, P., Sato, M., Tselioudis, G., Kelly, J., Bauer, S. E., … Pokela, A. (2025). Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 67(1), 6–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2025.2434494

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